96-14019. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28573]
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[FR Doc No: 96-14019]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2482-021]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

May 30, 1996.
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) is available for public 
review. The DEA was prepared for an application filed by Niagara Mohawk 
Power Corporation (licensee) to remove polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 
from lands within the boundary of the Hudson River Hydroelectric 
Project. The licensee proposes to remove PCBs at the Queensbury site in 
accordance with a record of decision issued March 1995 by the New York 
State Department of Environmental Conservation. In summary, the 
licensee proposes to excavate and remove all surface soil (1 foot from 
surface) on the upland portion of the site with total PCB 
concentrations in excess of 1 ppm and subsurface soil with 
concentrations in excess of 10 ppm. Further, the licensee proposes to 
excavate and remove to a depth of 2 feet near-shore sediments. the 
Queensbury site is located on Corinth Road, Town of Queensbury, Warren 
County, New York, on the north bank of the Hudson River, about 5 miles 
west of Glens Falls, New York.
    The DEA finds that the licensee's remediation plan is not a major 
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. The DEA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower 
Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the DEA can 
be obtained by calling the Commission's Public Reference Room at (202) 
208-1371.
    Comments on the DEA must be filed with the Commission within 30 
days from the date of this notice. Comments should be addressed to: Ms. 
Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please include the project 
number (2482-021) on any comments filed.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-14019 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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